Trees
George Bush Park 1
2009 - 2011
pigmented handmade paper made from wood gathered from
George Bush Park, Houston, TX
Trees 1-50
2009 - 2011
pigmented handmade paper made from wood gathered from
George Bush Park, Houston, TX
Tree 3
2009 - 2011
pigmented handmade paper made from wood gathered from
George Bush Park, Houston, TX
19 x 13 inches
Lakes, Trees and Honeybees
2012
Yossi Milo Gallery
“for "Trees," Brandt photographed and collected tree branches, which he then made to use paper. He took the remaining wood and burned it to make charcoal for ink. He silkscreened the tree images using media composed of the tree itself.”
—Huffington Post, Matthew Brandt’s ‘Lakes, Trees, and Honeybees’ at Yossi Milo Gallery, by Priscilla Frank, 2012
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matthew-brandt_n_1469175
“In Trees, photographs of the title vegetation are printed on paper and with ink made from branches fallen from those very trees.
The trees photographed are in George Bush Park in Houston; Brandt says he didn’t want to make an overtly political statement but rather to capture a sense of ambivalence about what the future could hold, an uncertainty that he felt in himself and observed on a national level.”
—TIME Magazine, ‘Lakes, Trees and Honeybees’: Matthew Brandt at Yossi Milo Gallery, by Lily Rothman, 2012